[PDF][PDF] A feasibility study on adaptive 18F-FDG-PET-guided radiotherapy for recurrent and second primary head and neck cancer in the previously irradiated territory

J Schatteman, D Van Gestel, D Berwouts… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Purpose To evaluate feasibility, disease control, survival, and toxicity after adaptive 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emisson tomography (PET) guided radiotherapy in …

Helical intensity‐modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective investigation of acute swallowing …

LB Moroney, J Helios, EC Ward, J Crombie… - Head & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Conformal radiotherapy modalities may minimize treatment toxicities. The
purpose of this study was to document the extent and timing of dysphagia and related …

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy, volume-modulated arc therapy and helical tomotherapy for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a dosimetric comparison

W Chen, X Yang, N Jiang, Z Zhang… - Translational Cancer …, 2017 - tcr.amegroups.org
Background: To evaluate the potential dosimetric gains of helical tomotherapy (HT) versus
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or volume-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for …

Is volumetric modulated arc therapy with constant dose rate a valid option in radiation therapy for head and neck cancer patients?

A Didona, V Lancellotta, C Zucchetti… - Reports of Practical …, 2018 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) improves dose distribution in head
and neck (HN) radiation therapy. Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), a new form of …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity modulated arc therapy implementation in a three phase adaptive 18F-FDG-PET voxel intensity-based planning strategy for head-and-neck cancer

D Berwouts, LAM Olteanu, B Speleers, F Duprez… - Radiation …, 2016 - Springer
Background This study investigates the implementation of a new intensity modulated arc
therapy (IMAT) class solution in comparison to a 6-static beam step-and-shoot intensity …

Simultaneous integrated boost (SIB): RapidArc and tomotherapy plan comparison for unilateral and bilateral neck irradiation

C Stromberger, W Wlodarczyk, S Marnitz… - Anticancer …, 2015 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) plans
using volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc®; RA) or tomotherapy (TT) for bilateral …

Clinical and dosimetric evaluation of RapidArc versus standard sliding window IMRT in the treatment of head and neck cancer

S Smet, M Lambrecht, B Vanstraelen… - Strahlentherapie …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
Several planning studies have already proven the substantial dosimetric advantages of
RapidArc (RA) over standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy. We retrospectively …

Coplanar VMAT vs. noncoplanar VMAT in the treatment of sinonasal cancer

N Zhong-Hua, J Jing-Ting, L Xiao-Dong… - Strahlentherapie …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
Previous studies showed that noncoplanar intensity-modulated radiotherapy (NC-IMRT) for
sinonasal cancer is superior to coplanar intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) …

Texture analysis of T1‐w and T2‐w MR images allows a quantitative evaluation of radiation‐induced changes of internal obturator muscles after radiotherapy for …

E Scalco, T Rancati, I Pirovano, A Mastropietro… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the potential of texture analysis applied on T2‐w and postcontrast T1‐
w images acquired before radiotherapy for prostate cancer (PCa) and 12 months after its …

[HTML][HTML] Fast Helical Tomotherapy in a head and neck cancer planning study: is time priceless?

D Van Gestel, G De Kerf, K Wouters, W Crijns… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background The last few years, in radiotherapy there has been a growing focus on speed of
treatment delivery (largely driven by economical and commercial interests). This study …